Ashley Jamesのインスタグラム(ashleylouisejames) - 7月24日 05時02分

You didn't think I was gunna do a diet post, did you? 🤪⚖️

I think it's been a decade since I did any diet, and started to work on my relationship with my body image.

It blows my mind that I used to get so caught up on a clothing size when bigger sizes are so much more flattering and literally no one knows or cares what number the clothing is.

I saw a few people doing this post and I thought I’d jump on it because summer came so quickly and none of my old summer clothes fit. I’m not upset about it - I didn’t really expect them to - I mean I gave birth 4 months ago. But It means that I really don’t have anything to wear. I’m usually an 8, so I ran to Tu and bought a few pairs of shorts in a 10 and when I tried them on they were tiny. In the past, I might have tried to SQUEEZE into them. I guess it would have made me feel good to know I was in the smallest possible size. But this time, I went back and bought a 14. 

They fit so much better, but they also look so much better. And as and when my bones move back and I continue to recover from childbirth, they will still look awesome with a belt. 

It’s funny how we can get SO caught up on numbers. The size of clothes, the number on a scale - and actually it means nothing. It doesn’t tell us anything about your health, or how good our body looks, or how lovable we are, or how stylish we are. Nothing. Plus, clothes sizes change SO much from brand to brand they mean nothing anyway. And being the smallest version of yourself means nothing - I used to live off crisps and alcohol but I didn’t weigh much - I certainly wasn’t healthy and I didn’t look good for it, but I weighed less. 

And what’s more when we’re constantly trying to squeeze into small clothes, we can feel like our body is a problem. Like if you wore small shoes you'd always be aware of your feet! You feel your belly digging in when you sit down, see love handles when you stand, have bubble b00bs - whatever it might be. But it’s not our bodies that are the problem, it’s that the clothes just don’t fit. And there are ones that do fit out there. Simple solution. 

And that’s really how we should approach our bodies. Weight fluctuates, our value doesn’t. 🫶🙏

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